Addressing Mental Health Inequities
Identifying Priorities, Directions and a Vision for Indigenous Mental Health
A community-academic partnership was formed between McMurray Métis Local 1935 and the University of Alberta’s School of Public Health researchers to examine mental health needs and gaps among Indigenous communities and to identify community- derived strategies for promoting mental health across the life course.
Using collaborative and consensus-based facilitation approaches, participants were invited to generate priorities and directions for Indigenous mental health for the RMWB. Specifically, the forum’s aims were to: 1) discuss the challenges and opportunities in addressing mental health among Indigenous youth, adults, and families; 2) network key stakeholders from Wood Buffalo to explore where sectors could overlap and collaborate on improving mental health services for Indigenous populations; and 3) create innovative recommendations to support mental health wellness for Indigenous populations across the life course.
An Indigenous mental health advisory committee in the RMWB is being established to provide guidance and direction on the development of an Indigenous-led mental health model of care for the region.
McMurray Métis
Mental Health Survey
The CARE Lab collaborated with McMurray Métis Local to survey its Métis members to better understand their experience with mental health and access to mental health services during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Click below to read the results of the survey.